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So much news to share!!!! Check out our July Newsletter for more info on: July 27th invitation to our Happy Hour co-hosted with Phoenix Haus. Our debut interview about standardization on the Art of Construction podcast. Crowdfunding the Ice Box Challenge at the next NAPHN conference. Registration open for Passive House builder training in Maine… Read More

Emu’s Chief Product Officer (and resident building science nerd), Enrico Bonilauri, was invited to present at the 2017 South Pacific Passive House Conference in Wellington, New Zealand. We’ll try to get the presentation up soon, but until then, here’s the abstract: Cost-effectiveness of retrofits in Italy to the EnerPHit standard: An ongoing energy retrofit project… Read More

This week we are busy in Darmstadt, Germany: Enrico just presented at the 20th International Passive House Conference, and he’s currently taking his class to become a certified trainer with the International Passivhaus Institut.

Stay tuned for our articles on the Conference, and about our training programme in Italy and Colorado. Read More

A couple of weeks ago we went to Leipzig, Germany, to take part in the 19th International Passivhaus Conference, organized by the Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt. With approximately one thousand people attending from all over the world, this event marks the gathering of some of the AEC sector’s greatest experts on energy efficiency. The following are our impressions from the event… Read More

A couple of weeks ago I attended the Living Future unConference in Seattle, Washington, USA, organized by the International Living Future Institute, the managing body for one of the most ambitious and visionary environmental building certifications available in the world – the Living Building Challenge. Two weeks later, I was again fortunate enough to attend the introduction of this certification here in Italy at the REGENERATION competition and conference hosted by Macro Design Studio in Rovereto, Italy. Here are my impressions from both events… Read More

Last week Enrico took part in the 2015 Passive House Window Talks in Nova Lehota, Slovakia, a two-day event on the benefits of high-performance Passivhaus windows. It was organized by ProPassivhausFenster, a group of small European window manufacturers well known for their award-winning Smartwin windows, but it was far from the usual company-sponsored workshops designed to sell product. Architects and engineers gathered together to discuss and learn more about the technical specifications and the fundamental need for high-quality windows in everyday design. Read More

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We are on a mission to close the gap between mainstream construction practices and advanced, proven building science. Through builder training and simple, standard, Passive systems, we are empowering the industry to build for the future and for resiliency.

We are building science nerds and Passive House enthusiasts with company origins in Australia, experience in Europe, and new roots in Colorado.